Climate Action Plan

The City Council adopted Capitola's first Climate Action Plan (CAP) on October 22, 2015.  The CAP identifies strategies and actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from City government operations and community activities to support the State of California’s efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.  The CAP fulfills several General Plan goals and bring the City into conformance with Assembly Bill 32, Senate Bill 375, and Executive Order S-3-05.  The CAP includes an inventory of existing GHG emissions, a forecast of future GHG emissions, identification of GHG reduction targets, and a list of GHG reduction measures necessary to achieve identified reduction targets.

The CAP includes actions and strategies to reduce GHG emissions generated by transportation and mobile sources, residential and non-residential energy consumption, water and wastewater treatment and conveyance, solid waste generation, and open space, parks, and agriculture.

The proposed CAP establishes a 4.9% GHG reduction target from 2010 levels by 2020 and projects an 18% reduction through implementation of various reduction strategies.  The CAP further sets a 42.9% reduction target from 2010 levels by 2035 and an 81% reduction by 2050.